Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 7406 - Concluding the collaborative law process(a) General rule.--A collaborative law process shall be concluded by: (1) Resolution of the collaborative matter, as evidenced by a signed record.(2) Resolution of a part of the collaborative matter and agreement by all parties that the remaining parts of the collaborative matter will not be resolved in the collaborative law process, as evidenced by a signed record.(3) Termination under subsection (b).(4) A method specified in the collaborative law participation agreement.(b) Termination.--A collaborative law process shall be terminated when:(1) A party gives written notice to all parties that the collaborative law process is terminated.(2) A party begins or resumes a pending proceeding before a tribunal related to a collaborative matter without the agreement of all parties.(3) Except as provided in subsection (c), a party discharges the party's attorney or the attorney withdraws from further representation of a party. An attorney who is discharged or withdraws shall give prompt written notice to all parties and nonparty participants.(c)Continuation.--Notwithstanding the discharge or withdrawal of a collaborative attorney, a collaborative law process shall continue if, not later than 30 days after the date that the notice under subsection (b)(3) is sent, the unrepresented party engages a successor attorney and the participation agreement is amended to identify the successor attorney.Added by P.L. TBD 2018 No. 55, § 3, eff. 8/27/2018.